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Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)

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Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)

#12
Come to Sweden. The Swedish government hands out permanent residence to anyone who wants one.

Got 10 kids? Not a problem. Bring them along, the Swedes will gladly pay for everything without questions. They'll pay you so much money each month for all your kids and to help you along that you'll be making more than most middle-management here. And if you do encounter a Swede that questions why you wanted asylum in Sweden instead of another arab country with similar culture and language, just call him a racist. That'll shut him up.

Want some Swedish pussy on the side? Swedish girls are the most naive, PC-indoctrinated females on this side of the solar system. They'll sleep with you in a heartbeat. Feel like slapping her around to teach her her place? That's ok, she'll forgive you and excuse the behaviour with "that's his culture and we must be understanding of other Swedes' cultures". All schoolkids are taught that all immigrants, each and every one, is just as valuable and productive member of Swedish society as even the most hard-working Swede.

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Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)

#13
There are some schemes in place that make it easier for non-EU nationals to get a work permit in Germany, it would require you to find an employer that pays a wage above a certain threshold (I believe it's called Blue Card).

A really helpful english-speaking source for any expat information on Germany is the http://toytowngermany.com/forum forum, especially the lengthy thread on visas and work permits: http://www.toytowngermany.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4675...

Here's the thread for the Blue Card scheme: http://www.toytowngermany.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2673...

Hope that helps a tiny bit and good luck!

Edit: Another link to official information on the Blue card: http://www.bluecard-eu.de/eu-blue-card-germany/

Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)

#14
I would also advise against Germany, one of the problems is that people who seek asylum in Germany are not allowed to work. ( I know nothing about other countries, but if you work for an Australian company, it would perhaps best to ask them for help.)

Good luck and stay safe.

Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)

#15
i feel your pain. its unfortunate to be Syria now, i heard recently Sweden is approving asylum applications in the EU on a smaller scale. call the embassy to double check.

anyhow forward me your CV and email and let's connect, tech-wise we are recruiting node.js - backend dev if this could help. here's my contact: swissnamir@gmail.com

Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)

#16
I think you are likely to have greater luck on a working visa than as an 'asylum' seeker (which European governments consider themselves flooded by, and you'll have to prove specific persecution in your home country rather than skills in your job). What you need is the right visa which your skills can qualify you for and will lead to permanent residency or citizenship. This will vary by country. A difficulty with Germany may be that a lot of the process will be hard to understand if you can't read German.

Good luck to you. I (white Australian) visited Syria a few years ago. Every piece of news I hear now from Syria just saddens me.

Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)

#19
I am not an expert so don´t take my word for it. But I heard that a general role has always been that you have to get to the country you which to have asylum in in order to apply. European union is discussion a banded that rule for Syria but I dont know the status of that decision. An other rule is that you have to apply for asylum in the first country you get into.

However... Sweden also spend lots of money on a virtual embassy in second life. Read more about it here: http://www.sweden.se/eng/Home/Lifestyle/Reading/Second-Life/

Maybe you can do a think of virtually applying for visa in sweden and write a pressrelease and push it on mynewsdesk.com. Startup community is also big in Sweden and we need skilled developers (Im swedish).

Carl Bildt,Foreign Minister of Sweden since 2006 (https://twitter.com/carlbildt) is very active on twitter and in my guess most likely to respond to a virtual request for visa by twitter and second life. This is a long shot but something you can try by your computer.

When you get visa in any EU country it is easy to move to germany and travel over boarders within EU.

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